These revelations follow recent scrutiny of Marshall's debt collection history as he faces a difficult re-election race. The senator's office recently repaid double on a $678 bill for campaign cookies and muffins from 2020 after the unpaid invoice went viral. Critics have contrasted this delay with Marshall's history of suing former medical patients for balances as low as $114.49, some of whom were arrested or jailed for the debts.
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Sen. Roger Marshall Was Sole Kansas Provider Charging 18% Debt Interest
US Politics10 days ago
An attorney for Senator Roger Marshall has admitted the Kansas Republican personally established the interest rates applied to debts owed by former patients. A Kansas City Star investigation subsequently found no other medical providers in the state charging an 18% interest rate on medical debt, and the senator's own lawyer stated that Marshall was likely the only practitioner in Kansas to do so.
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